2006-09-22 11:33:57 · 15 answers · asked by wanbli 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Turn off the darn computer and go to bed.
2006-09-22 11:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by tercir2006 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on why you are not getting enough sleep. Today most people are stressed. L-theanine does a good job of calming a person. It is strongest in capsule form but can also be taken in green tea without caffeine.
Schiff puts out a Melatonin product containing L-theanine. My only concern with Melatonin is that you are getting 10 times the hormone that is usually found in a person at nighttime. My hunch is that people need less Melatonin and more L-Theanine. You might consider taking a split Melatonin pill along with some L-Theanine.
2006-09-22 12:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had problems with insomnia for two years. Benadryl helps me sleep and it's not addictive. Some sleeping problems are caused by anxiety, (which is what causes mine).
I have found that watching a really stupid/funny show after taking a benadryl helps me relax and go to sleep. Also, reading makes me sleepy.
2006-09-22 15:29:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn off distractions, turn off lights, turn off your brain. If your brain is constantly racing with thoughts, making it hard to get to sleep, I highly suggest you learn meditative exercises.
Meditation helps to calm people, and relieve stress, which is the leading cause of poor sleep.
You can pick up a beginners guide to meditation at your local book store. Here's a simple exercise: focus on make deep steady breaths, filling your head with the feeling and the sound of your breathing, anytime a thought enters your mind, note it and discard it. The more your practice, the easier it gets.
Good luck!
2006-09-22 12:00:55 · answer #4 · answered by Tomis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I generally don't believe in taking medications if they aren't absolutely necessary, I recently purchased a sleep mask, which block out light, even the light emitted from your alarm can be enough to distract you from getting sleep.
2006-09-22 11:42:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the local public library and check out a big, heavy book on organic chemistry or applied linear statistical analysis- they should put you to sleep in a jiffy, if they don't bore you to death first....
2006-09-22 11:46:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try tiring yourself out. I exercise at night and when I go home I'm physically exhausted...but mentally I'm wide awake so I have my rituals to help settle my mind. Maybe you should have a night ritual too so that you can prepare you mind/body that it's time for bed.
And if that doesn't help..try alcohol
2006-09-22 11:46:01 · answer #7 · answered by Sydney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the doc and get some sleeping pill or tylenol pm
2006-09-22 11:42:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Work Out or other types of physical exertion! It will give you a bit of an adrenaline rush and then you will tire out and crash.
G'night!
2006-09-22 11:46:47 · answer #9 · answered by Max B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
turn off tv's /turn on your radio to instrument music or lissen to birds chirp,rain,get u a water fall for your bedroom, that works 2.
2006-09-22 11:37:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋